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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of the problem of evil in western thought, with special attention to the personification of evil in the devil. We will examine the historical emergence of the devil as a being distinct from God in the ancient civilizations of the Middle East. The course will then consider in turn: The devil in the Old and New Testament; his treatment in the West from medieval Christianity to the Renaissance and Reformation; the impact of the Enlightenment on the problem of evil in western thought; and the modern psychological approach to evil and the question of possession. Three credits.
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This course will examine the social, political, economic, cultural, and religious ferment in Colonial America that led to the transition from colonies of the British Empire to the revolutionary republic of the United States. The role of women, minorities, and indigenous people, Enlightenment ideology, the Great Awakening, the American Revolution, and the struggle over the Constitution will be highlighted. Western Pennsylvania was the stage for many of these dramatic events and this course will utilize as fully as possible local public history resources having to do with the period from the French and Indian War to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. The course will spend several classes on 18th and early 19th century historical interpretation in museums and historic sites and museum methodology, and explore career possibilities in museums and public history. There will also be guest speakers from local historical sites. Three credits.
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This course explores the history of England during the turbulent fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of transformation and upheaval in government, religion, war, and economic life. Topics include the Hundred Years' War, the Black Death, the growth of parliaments, the Peasant Revolt, the Lancastrian Revolution, the Lollard movement, the Anglo-Scottish struggles, and the Wars of the Roses. Students will thus examine one of Western Civilization's greatest nation-states during a crucial period in its development. Three credits.
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This course will trace the history of Latin America from the major Pre- Columbian civilizations through the early 19th century. The focus of the course will revolve around the conflict between cultures, their transformation, and creation of new cultures. Discussion topics include: the Maya, Inca and Aztec civilizations, the discovery and founding of Spanish and Portuguese empires in the New World, development and integration of the empires into the world economy, the creation of new American cultures, the struggle for independence, and the problems of the new nations through the 19th century. Extensive use of maps, images, and primary source readings. Three credits.
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This course will explore the development of the European Renaissance from the late Medieval period through the beginning of the Reformation. The course will explore the "rebirth" ofEuropean culture, Arts, Language, Religion, Architecture, Politics, and Literary movements throughout one of the richest historical periods in Western Civilization, the Renaissance. Three credits.
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The general themes of the course will be the continuities and discontinuities of the reform movements of the sixteenth century (Protestant and Catholic) with the late medieval period, and the relation, variety, and interchange between the various reform movements in different regional and social contexts. Emphasis will be placed on religion in the European context, but some attention will be paid to mission fields, and the impact of the "new world"discoveries on church and society. Three credits.
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This course will explore the development of Christianity from the first century A.D. through the end of the Renaissance period. The course will highlight such historical epochs of Christianity as the Apostolic period, the age of the Fathers of the Church, the monastic movement, the men's and women's religious movementsof the Middle Ages, the Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches and the Church in the Renaissance period. Offered alternate years. Three credits.
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The second part of the course will explore Christianity during the periods of the Protestant Reformation, The Catholic Reformation, religious pluralism, the Enlightenment and Age of Revolutions, 19th century movements in Christianity, the Church and the World Wars, the Second Vatican Council and Christianity in the postmodern world. Offered alternate years. Three credits.
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This course deals with the so-called "long" eighteenth-century,which lasted from 1688 (the year of the Glorious Revolution in England) to 1815, the year of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. This was a crucial time, as it brought dramatic changes to the social fabric, political institutions, economies, and cultures of Western Europe. We will look at these developments in some detail, focusing on the Enlightenment, 17th and 18th century political theories and institutions, the rise of the middling classes, and the evolution of modern warfare. Treatment will be both chronological and thematic, with ample use of films, maps and images to help set the scene for historic events. Three credits.
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Opinion polls taken from the 1940s through today report annually that over 90 percent of Americans believe in God. Our earliest institutions, when they were not churches themselves, reflected a strong religious influence. Americans have felt religious competition so keenly in various times in our history that they have rioted in support of one denomination over another. Why was (is) this so? How have Americans experienced, thought about, and manifested their various religious beliefs throughout our history, and how have Americans interacted with fellow citizens of differing beliefs? How has religion influenced the development of our current institutions, and why do Americans believe what they do? This course examines these and other issues connected to American religious development. Three credits.
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